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parallel.pod: Thanks to A. Costa for spotting speling erors.

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Ole Tange 2012-05-27 18:14:25 +02:00
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@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ use B<-I> instead.
Logfile for executed jobs. Save a list of the executed jobs to Logfile for executed jobs. Save a list of the executed jobs to
I<logfile> in the following TAB separated format: sequence number, I<logfile> in the following TAB separated format: sequence number,
sshlogin, start time as seconds since epoch, run time in seconds, sshlogin, start time as seconds since epoch, run time in seconds,
bytes in files transfered, bytes in files returned, exit status, bytes in files transferred, bytes in files returned, exit status,
and command run. and command run.
To convert the times into ISO-8601 strict do: To convert the times into ISO-8601 strict do:
@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ solution is to quote the whole command:
B<parallel "zcat {} >>B<{.}" ::: *.gz> B<parallel "zcat {} >>B<{.}" ::: *.gz>
Other special shell charaters (such as * ; $ > < | >> <<) also need Other special shell characters (such as * ; $ > < | >> <<) also need
to be put in quotes, as they may otherwise be interpreted by the shell to be put in quotes, as they may otherwise be interpreted by the shell
and not given to GNU B<parallel>. and not given to GNU B<parallel>.
@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ symlinks are empty files.
B<cp -rs /the/source/dir mirror_dir; find mirror_dir -type l | parallel -m rm {} '&&' touch {}> B<cp -rs /the/source/dir mirror_dir; find mirror_dir -type l | parallel -m rm {} '&&' touch {}>
Find the files in a list that do no exist. Find the files in a list that do not exist
B<cat file_list | parallel 'if [ ! -e {} ] ; then echo {}; fi'> B<cat file_list | parallel 'if [ ! -e {} ] ; then echo {}; fi'>
@ -2442,7 +2442,7 @@ GNU B<parallel> will then print the currently running jobs on stderr
=head1 COMPLETE RUNNING JOBS BUT DO NOT START NEW JOBS =head1 COMPLETE RUNNING JOBS BUT DO NOT START NEW JOBS
If you regret starting a lot of jobs you can simply break GNU B<parallel>, If you regret starting a lot of jobs you can simply break GNU B<parallel>,
but if you want to make sure you do not have halfcompleted jobs you but if you want to make sure you do not have half-completed jobs you
should send the signal B<SIGTERM> to GNU B<parallel>: should send the signal B<SIGTERM> to GNU B<parallel>:
B<killall -TERM parallel> B<killall -TERM parallel>
@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ If B<--halt-on-error> 1 or 2: Exit status of the failing job.
There are a lot programs with some of the functionality of GNU There are a lot programs with some of the functionality of GNU
B<parallel>. GNU B<parallel> strives to include the best of the B<parallel>. GNU B<parallel> strives to include the best of the
functionality without sacrifying ease of use. functionality without sacrificing ease of use.
=head2 SUMMARY TABLE =head2 SUMMARY TABLE
@ -2632,7 +2632,7 @@ Remote execution
R6. No config files needed R6. No config files needed
R7. Do not run more than SSHD's MaxStartup can handle R7. Do not run more than SSHD's MaxStartup can handle
R8. Configurable SSH command R8. Configurable SSH command
R9. Retry if connection breaks occationally R9. Retry if connection breaks occasionally
Semaphore Semaphore
S1. Possibility to work as a mutex S1. Possibility to work as a mutex
@ -2719,7 +2719,7 @@ supports (See REPORTING BUGS).
=head2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN xargs AND GNU Parallel =head2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN xargs AND GNU Parallel
B<xargs> offer some of the same possibilites as GNU B<parallel>. B<xargs> offer some of the same possibilities as GNU B<parallel>.
B<xargs> deals badly with special characters (such as space, ' and B<xargs> deals badly with special characters (such as space, ' and
"). To see the problem try this: "). To see the problem try this:
@ -2791,7 +2791,7 @@ B<ls | xargs -d "\n" -P8 -I {} bash -c "echo {}; ls {}|wc">
=head2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN find -exec AND GNU Parallel =head2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN find -exec AND GNU Parallel
B<find -exec> offer some of the same possibilites as GNU B<parallel>. B<find -exec> offer some of the same possibilities as GNU B<parallel>.
B<find -exec> only works on files. So processing other input (such as B<find -exec> only works on files. So processing other input (such as
hosts or URLs) will require creating these inputs as files. B<find hosts or URLs) will require creating these inputs as files. B<find